1. Preface

   • Daniel E. Ford
   • Paul K. Whelton
   • Leon Gordis

   Frontiers In Disease Prevention Pages: S1 - S1

2. Introduction

   • Daniel E. Ford
   • Paul K. Whelton
   • Leon Gordis

   Frontiers In Disease Prevention Pages: S2 - S2

3. Health of the public

   • Steven A. Schroeder

   Rationale For Prevention Guidelines Pages: S3 - S10

4. Background and objectives of the U.S. preventive services task force

   • J. Michael McGinnis
   • Steven H. Woolf

   Rationale For Prevention Guidelines Pages: S11 - S13

5. Evaluating the evidence for the effectiveness of prevention

   • Leon Gordis

   Rationale For Prevention Guidelines Pages: S14 - S16

6. Reflections on the U.S. preventive services task force recommendations for screening for hypertension and hypercholesterolemia

   • Paul K. Whelton

   Screening Pages: S17 - S19

7. Breast cancer screening

   • Anthony B. Miller

   Screening Pages: S19 - S22

8. Colorectal cancer

   • Gary D. Friedman
   • Joseph V. Selby

   Screening Pages: S23 - S27

9. The impact of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force guidelines on cancer screening

   • Charles R. Smart

   Screening Pages: S28 - S33

10. Glaucoma screening

    • Alfred Sommer

    Screening Pages: S33 - S37

11. Screening for psychiatric and substance abuse disorders in clinical practice

    • Daniel E. Ford
    • Douglas B. Kamerow

    Screening Pages: S37 - S41

12. Prenatal screening

    • Neil A. Holtzman

    Screening Pages: S42 - S46

13. Selective screening

    • Moyses Szklo

    Screening Pages: S47 - S49

14. How serious are the adverse effects of screening?

    • William Feldman

    Screening Pages: S50 - S53

15. Prevention of cardiovascular disease

    • Julie E. Buring
    • Charles H. Hennekens

    Chemoprophylaxis And Immunizations Pages: S54 - S57

16. Adult immunizations

    • F. Marc LaForce

    Chemoprophylaxis And Immunizations Pages: S57 - S61

17. Initiation and maintenance of patient behavioral change

    • Thomas E. Kottke
    • Leif I. Solberg
    • Milo L. Brekke

    Counseling Pages: S62 - S67

18. The physician’s role in injury prevention

    • Gordon S. Smith

    Counseling Pages: S67 - S73

19. Nicotine dependence

    • Caroline Cohen
    • Jack E. Henningfield

    Counseling Pages: S73 - S78

20. Sexual practices

    • Charles E. Lewis

    Counseling Pages: S78 - S81

21. Adolescent pregnancy

    • Laurie Schwab Zabin

    Counseling Pages: S81 - S88

22. The costs of prevention

    • Milton C. Weinstein

    Economics Of Prevention Pages: S89 - S92

23. Reimbursement for preventive services

    • Karen Davis
    • Ronald Bialek
    • Claudia Vellozzi

    Economics Of Prevention Pages: S93 - S98

24. Diffusion of the U.S. preventive services task force recommendations into practice

    • Robert S. Lawrence

    Diffusion Of Task Force Recommendations Pages: S99 - S103

25. Are physicians obligated to provide preventive services?

    • Donald W. Belcher

    Diffusion Of Task Force Recommendations Pages: S104 - S107

26. Prevention in medical education

    • Robert A. Fried

    Diffusion Of Task Force Recommendations Pages: S108 - S111

27. Can computerized reminder systems have an impact on preventive services in practice?

    • Paul S. Frame

    Diffusion Of Task Force Recommendations Pages: S112 - S115

28. Implementation of cancer prevention guidelines in clinical practice

    • Stephen J. McPhee
    • Joyce Adair Bird

    Diffusion Of Task Force Recommendations Pages: S116 - S122

29. Implementation of preventive services in an HMO practice

    • Stephen C. Schoenbaum

    Diffusion Of Task Force Recommendations Pages: S123 - S127

30. British perspective on the U.S. preventive services task force guidelines

    • Geoffrey Rose

    Future Of Disease Prevention Pages: S128 - S132

31. Prevention in developing countries

    • Robert E. Black

    Future Of Disease Prevention Pages: S132 - S135

32. The future of disease prevention

    • Samuel O. Thier

    Future Of Disease Prevention Pages: S136 - S137